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   Les Albert to xhoster@gmail.com   
   Re: Mona Lisa   
   30 Aug 22 14:45:25   
   
   From: lalbert1@aol.com   
      
   On Sat, 27 Aug 2022 12:28:37 -0400, Xho Jingleheimerschmidt   
    wrote:   
   >On 8/11/22 12:36, Les Albert wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:14:13 -0700 (PDT), "artyw2@yahoo.com"   
   >>  wrote:   
      
   >>> Was Mona Lisa considered hot when Da Vinci painted her?   
      
   >> Maybe. It is said to be a painting of Lisa Gherardini, but nobody   
   >> knows for sure.  And I read somewhere that the enigmatic smile is   
   >> actually showing a swelling of the face due to an abscessed tooth.   
   >> Others have said Mona Lisa's mysterious smile was caused by an   
   >> under-active thyroid gland.  Hypothyroidism can cause swollen hands,   
   >> thinning hair and a lump in the neck, all visible in the portrait,   
   >> according to researchers.   
      
   >I've also heard speculation, I don't know how serious, that it was a   
   >self-portrait of Leonard as if he had had an innie rather than an outie.   
   >Xho   
      
      
   Who is Leonard?   
      
   Les   
      
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